Il Disegno di Luigi Moretti. Dall'analisi dell'antico alla composizione del moderno

This essay was inspired by the centenary of the roman School of Architecture and the excellent material made available by the Moretti Magnifico archives. The goal is to define Luigi Moretti as an ‘integral architect’, a typical example of the School of Rome. In his work in fact arises an idea of architecture synthesizable as critical blend of interdisciplinary elements. In particular we will focus on the central role of the representation of architecture, as a fundamental passage from the analysis of the ancient monuments to the designing of the modern ones. After an introduction on the birth and the ‘spirit’ of the School of Rome, we will discuss the academic background of Luigi Moretti, in relation to his more relevant university professors: Vincenzo Fasolo and Gustavo Giovannoni. After this important introduction we will concentrate on the study of two remarkable architectures designed by Moretti in the early years of his career. These buildings are the Villino in viale della Pineta di Ostia (Lido di Ostia, Roma) and the Villino Vallini in via Bruxelles (Roma); two works not so studied and here showed with their original drawings. These two architectures were taken as a proper example in order to synthesize the fundamental role of the analysis of the ancient with the composition of his new works, related with the new typology of housing.